These four novellas are written to please and stimulate the reader who loves murder mysteries. The daughter of a very small town Chief of Police is home after graduation from a major university. Her university degree is in criminology. She begins her career as a police officer to learn the ropes.The first case has a pretty woman murdered by a golf club. She's found by a foursome of women at a tournament. Stacy is called in to investigate the murder. Her first meeting with the State ...

In the first case Marshall Foreham is introduced to a rather gruesome kidnap/murder of a young college girl. Her father is a high profile city manager who decides to give the kidnapper the ransom without notifying the authorities. The victim is savagely killed. Suspects are many and varied.Her next case involves a hated retired bank manager of a small town who, on a senior outing, is shot between the eyes on the coast of Oregon. A grocery list of suspects is methodically sorted out ...

A bored, disgraced ex senator decides to clear his name by writing an autobiography. His fellow cronies take issue with his publication. Is it murder or suicide? Marshall Stacy Foreham has to sort through the political tangles to discover the truth. Secondly, we have a murder of a university professor who has received tenure under questionable circumstances. The suspects are many including his live-in partner. The third story is a short novel involving a psychopathic murderer who has his o...

I am offering the reader two for one murder mysteries. In the first novel, a twenty plus year New York City homicide lieutenant retires to the coast of Oregon. All set in his drafty beach cottage, his short retirement is halted by a lovely detective from the local Sheriffs Department of Lincoln County. She asks for his help solving a rather brutal murder and violation of a young woman confined to a wheel chair. It's determined the murder was committed by more than one person. Norm Payne, w...

Detective Stacy, along with her love struck State Police detective, embark on a state wide search for a contract killer who murdered a loved TV newscaster. Who paid for the hit and when the bodies mount up, so do the suspects. The Charter Boat murder is basic as an old man who won't give up the reins of a company that he's running into the ground. More than a half dozen suspects have motive and opportunity. Take my advice and read the story to find out who done it. Her last case before bec...

In the first story, Stacy Foreham is faced with a murder of a shift manager in a cheese factory. He's found dead and cooked in a cheese vat. The entire night shifts are suspects. The second finds Norm Payne investigating two mob like murders on the coast. The third story is a bizarre case of a victim found spread-eagle on a large target at an archery club full of arrows. Number four is a homeless man found poisoned at the bus station.

Murder at the Peanut Plantation baffles the investigators because the victim, at a holiday party, suddenly collapses in the middle of the room with guests listening to him speak. Clearly one of the guests killed the victim, but 'who' will give Marshall Stacy Foreham and her team serious deductive work. Next, on a long bridge in Newport, Oregon a water delivery vehicle is sitting abandoned in the middle. It appears that a suicide is evident. However, upon investigation it was murder. Stacy ...

Take a journey from Los Angeles to Chicago along the famous historical Route 66 in 1957 aboard the special "Lady Greyhound" bus. Meet a cross section of Americans who typify the times. Ride along through good times and bad times. Share the feeling of motels and restaurants of everyday life along the way. A rodeo in New Mexico; a hurricane in Texas; a ride on a paddle wheeler in St. Louis are just some of the events to enjoy.Experience the trials and tribulations of the characters su...

While on a short vacation, staying with her father, in Bandon, Oregon, US Marshall Stacy Foreham is called to the scene of a murder. Chief of Police Lance Eagle Feather is found with a hunting knife in his heart at the police station. Also to complicate matters, he's been scalped!Stacy's father, the former Chief of Police Ray Foreham is faced with having to once again; take over the temporary job as Chief. He's not happy at all. Lance Eagle Feather had been chosen by Stacy's boss ba...

A small town high school reunion is rudely interrupted by a scream announcing murder. The suspects are many, including the Chief of Police. The murder weapon is found in his car. The victim was despised from the beginning of his life until the sudden demise of the wealthy lawyer he became. No one is sorry for his death.The small town police are too small to handle a murder case. The Chief of Police needs help as he is being framed for murder. He calls in an old detective friend for ...

A silver tongue physical education teacher is brutally murdered in the high school. His record of rape, blackmail and sexual harassment is finally met with his demise. It's a who done it with the gay school principal and her music teacher mate, caught with pictures in an revealing position. A rape victim's husband vows revenge. Other victims come forward with claims of sexual exploitation. Who the killer is will surprise you at the end. The murder of the local bank owner shocks the town. H...

Their honeymoon is not your typical lover's experience. For our two homicide detectives, nestled deep in the Rocky Mountains, in a quaint log house, suddenly are involved in a case of assault, death and are targets of two assassins hired by an international corporation to stop their investigation of exploiting Native Americans. This novel highlights the love of two people and the workable relation